Are we Anglicans now?

[Wolseley]

I think about it a lot. If the Church of England just dwindled into nothingness—which seems like a legitimate possibility in the next century—what would the British Monarch be head of? And if that were the case I wonder if it'd be even just one iota easier for a popular movement or the Crown to reverse the English reformation rebellion and untangle/undo all the anti Catholic laws (like the Acts of Supremacy).

By the end of this century, both the Catholic Faith and the Anglican Church will be irrelevant in Britain. The United Kingdom will be solidly Muslim before 2100, with a sizeable Hindu subsection. Britian will be Britainistan, ruled by mullahs and ayatollahs, and Christians, if there are any, will have left the country long before.

 

[RileyG]

By the end of this century, both the Catholic Faith and the Anglican Church will be irrelevant in Britain. The United Kingdom will be solidly Muslim before 2100, with a sizeable Hindu subsection. Britian will be Britainistan, ruled by mullahs and ayatollahs, and Christians, if there are any, will have left the country long before.

Lord have mercy! Hopefully, Jesus will return before then.

 

[chevyontheriver]

By the end of this century, both the Catholic Faith and the Anglican Church will be irrelevant in Britain. The United Kingdom will be solidly Muslim before 2100, with a sizeable Hindu subsection. Britian will be Britainistan, ruled by mullahs and ayatollahs, and Christians, if there are any, will have left the country long before.

So those old cathedrals will be mosques. And king Charles heirs will be the defender of Islam in Britain.

 

[Wolseley]

So those old cathedrals will be mosques. And king Charles heirs will be the defender of Islam in Britain.

Yeah, unless the Muslims just decide to knock them down, like Henry VIII did with the monasteries.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Yeah, unless the Muslims just decide to knock them down, like Henry VIII did with the monasteries.

I think they would consider it a triumph to take over cathedrals. Something they can brag about for hundreds of years like Hagia Sophia

 

[chevyontheriver]

No, the Anglican faith is a heretical faith.

We see today a joint declaration of the IARCCUM, the successor I guess of the old ARCIC, where we are all lovey dovey now.

https://iarccum.org/archive/IARCCUM/2024-01-28_IARCCUM_Our-Common-Witness-Calling-and-Commitment.pdf

What do we have to jettison to become Anglican? Have we already done so?

For the record, I was a follower of ARCIC back in the day and held out hopes back then for a reconciliation before now. But since then the things have changed a bit.

 

[WarriorAngel]

I suspect we had our last best chance for a conversion with the late queen. She had some Catholic leanings that probably expired with her.

King Charles styles himself as the 'Defender of Religions' which is maybe a polite way of saying the Church of England is morbid and so he widens his scope. Or that he thinks he should be in charge of all the religions of the realm. Caesaropapism has been the norm for Anglicans in Britain but it has also been the norm for Islam. It has never been much of a thing for Catholics.

Or he thinks the Church of England is strict [Camilla et al] and does not want one church as the countries main/only church.

 

[concretecamper]

We see today a joint declaration of the IARCCUM, the successor I guess of the old ARCIC, where we are all lovey dovey now.

https://iarccum.org/archive/IARCCUM/2024-01-28_IARCCUM_Our-Common-Witness-Calling-and-Commitment.pdf

What do we have to jettison to become Anglican? Have we already done so?

For the record, I was a follower of ARCIC back in the day and held out hopes back then for a reconciliation before now. But since then the things have changed a bit.

Typical ecumenical hogwash.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Typical ecumenical hogwash.

The old ARCIC stuff was never this hogwashy.

 

[concretecamper]

The old ARCIC stuff was never this hogwashy.

This will get as much legs as did the Joint declaration with the Lutheran Communion.